30266. Adulteration of flour.     U.  S. v.  200 Bags of Flour.     Consent decree of
condemnation.    Product released under bond to be denatured for use 
as stock feed.    OF. & D. No. 44066.   Sample No. 49773-D.)
This product, which had been shipped in interstate commerce and remained 
unsold and in the original packages, at the time of examination was found 
to be insect-infested.
On October 28, 1938, the United States attorney for the Northern District of 
Mississippi, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 200 bags of flour at 
Clarksdale, Miss.; alleging that the article had been shipped on or about Febru- 
ary 11, 1938, by Majestic Flour Mill from Aurora, Mo.; and charging adultera- 
tion in violation of the Food and Drugs Act. The article was labeled in part: 
"Reaper's Gold Self-Rising Flour * * * Packed For the Hammond Mill 
Seattle, Wash."
It was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted wholly or in part of a 
filthy vegetable substance.
On January 26, 1939, Delta Grocery & Cotton Co., Clarksdale, Miss., claimant, 
having consented to the entry of a decree, judgment of condemnation was entered 
and the product was ordered released under bond conditioned that it be de- 
natured for use in stock feed.
HARRY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.